Jeff Calhoun is the Broadway Director for Newsies, Bonnie and Clyde, Jekyll and Hyde, Deaf West's Theater Big River and more. He also directed Dolly Parton's 9-5 and Disney's High School Musical 1 and 2. He is an Associate artist for Ford's Theater Washington and serves on the Board of Directors for Covenant House International (not- for-profit helping homeless youth in 30 cities and 6 countries). Jeff is very humble about his accomplishments but he has a depth of wisdom on e...
Mar 15, 2021•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Fionn Wright is an serial entrepreneur, an executive coach, a deep thinker, and a visionary. He was named as one of the "11 Most Influential Movers and Shakers in Shanghai for his national television appearances and the impact of his coaching. His friends call him a mix of Tim Ferriss and Tony Robbins for his speed learning techniques paired with profound coaching transformations. This conversation will make you think more deeply than you may have ever done before on a wide variety of topic...
Mar 08, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Vivian is a well known author in the Kid Literature Community with her 5 books From Here to There: Inventions that Changed the way the World Moves, Making Their Voices Heard: The Inspiring Friendship of Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe, Sweet Dreams, Sarah, Four Otters Toboggan: An Animal Counting Book and Pippa's Passover Plate . What is unique about her story is that she didn't start writing children's books until she was 65 and her first book was published at 70! Since she st...
Mar 01, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Transcript available on Metacast Steven Weathers began hosting TV at the prime age of 3 years old! Since then he has actually been named as one of the most recognizable foreign faces in China due to his 12 years of national television appearances, hosting and productions all over China and the world. He is fluent in Mandarin and has over 80,000 (and climbing) followers on Bilibili (Chinese version of Youtube). For two years he hosted a show called Minds of Millionaires where he interviewed CEO's and entrepreneurs from Chin...
Feb 22, 2021•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Carrie Jones has been the Director of Community Center Shanghai for 10 years which provides counseling services here in Shanghai with 20 different counselors offering services in 7 different languages. Needless to say, this past year was crazy! I wanted to have her on, so she could share her insights into how to handle stress, uncertainty, anxiety, the importance of self care, along with tips for parenting in the midst of everything. This episode is full of practical tips that you can use and I ...
Feb 15, 2021•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast It is difficult to describe how incredible Renee Mitchell is. She was an award winning journalist for 25 years, nominated for 2 Pulitzer Prizes, and named Number 1 newspaper columnist in the 5 Western States. She has also co-created the I Am More black youth resilience program which is the only program in Oregon to win two social-emotional learning innovation awards from Novo. Then, to fight the anxiety, stress, and depression of COVID, she created the Black Joy Virus which is a community enrich...
Feb 08, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Margo Fowkes is a Stanford University grad, a former budget analyst for the United States Budget Committee and has worked at all levels of the government. She currently runs a consulting agency called OnTargetConsulting which has consulted with Fortune 500 companies, companies in renewable energy and healthcare, and even the Girl Scouts. But what really sets her apart is her struggle with tremendous grief of the loss of her 21- year-old son, Jimmy after an 8 year battle with brain cancer followe...
Feb 01, 2021•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Nicole Rogers has spent the last 20 years diving into our food culture with experiences ranging from being a brand strategist for Chipotle to rebranding a 100-year-old family owned local grocery store. She pulls back the curtain and shares real stories of the people and farmers behind it all, along with her journey of reconciling a job that she felt was too easy (talking about food) with the comparison game of friends climbing the corporate ladder and the nature of true success. There is a lot o...
Jan 25, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Wayne Duvall is probably most known for his role as Homer Stokes in O' Brother Where Art Thou directed by the Coen brothers, starring George Clooney along with his role as the Sgt. Phil Brander in the CBS Series The District. He also recently made his Broadway debut in the play 1984 among a very long list of others films and plays. He shares about the 13 years of taking every job and role he could before he started to get his break, and the importance of holding on to belief in your self an...
Jan 18, 2021•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2020 really gave us an appreciation for the teachers that work tirelessly to help our children learn everyday. With all the craziness of last year and even the political scene right now, I wanted to use this episode to highlight the wonderful work that the teachers do through an interview with Ingrid Boydston. She was named Teacher of the Year for LA County (1999), followed by California Teacher of the Year (2000), along with being an educational ambassador to Japan representing the United State...
Jan 11, 2021•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Annie Downs has been a physical therapist for over 40 years, with her Masters in Public Health and her doctorate in Health Promotion and Wellness. She has numerous peer-reviewed manuscripts, has done national presentations, and recently has done a lot of research on resilience as a developable skill. What I love about Annie is that she is not just an academic. She applies her research to her own life which can be especially seen in recently giving up her tenured job as an Assocaite Professor...
Jan 04, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast As we wrap up 2020 (thank goodness!) we are also wrapping up Season 2 of the SE podcast. We have had an amazing list of guests with such unique stories and experiences along with tons of practical tips you can use to engineer your own success! This episode is a compilation of just the tip of the iceberg of some of the incredible advice that was shared... Check it out! Here are the timestamps if you would like to listen to a particular guest... Laura Wilson: 2:13 Kimberly Lawson: 4:25 FB, Insta, ...
Dec 28, 2020•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast Rosie Guagliardo is a career and life coach for high achievers with an incredible trifecta of a psychology degree, 18 years working in marketing and advertising at the highest level with massive brands like McDonalds, Anheuser- Busch, and Unilever, along with 14 years coaching high achievers. She is a Forbes Contributor (can write articles and be on expert panels) and she will be publishing her book this year Connecting the Dots for your Ideal Life: A Guide for High Achievers to Find Success AND...
Dec 21, 2020•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast Steve Kluger has authored numerous books and plays with his most famous, Last Days of Summer, being poised to hit Broadway as a musical whenever it reopens after COVID. He has written on topics ranging from his childhood growing up gay with his most autobiographical book "Almost Like Being in Love" to his love of baseball in Changing Pitches and play Bullpen , to WWII with his book Yank: WWII from the guys who brought your victory. It was a privilege to be able to hear his vulnerabilit...
Dec 14, 2020•1 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Amber Stott, the Director and Founder of the Food Literacy Center in Sacramento does everything with joy! It is baked into the entire culture of the Food Literacy Center which has been named non-profit of the year for Sacramento. Amber has been named one of Sacramento's most powerful business leaders, one of Food Tank's 17 Food Heroes to Inspire Us in 2017, along with giving a TED talk on how she gets kids to eat their broccoli. We talk about everything from eating cactus, to her Brocc...
Dec 07, 2020•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast After coaching basketball for more than five decades, and working directly with John Wooden in his basketball camp for 12 years, Coach Greg Hayes has learned a thing or two about life. He shares his advice on doing things that you are scared of, how gratitude transformed his life and took him through the darkest, most painful period of his life, along with finding peace of mind in knowing you did your best everyday. Facebook: Greg Hayes Authored books: Camp with Coach Wooden: Shoes and Socks, th...
Nov 30, 2020•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast You are going to LOVE this episode! I got to talk with Eddie Frierson who has been a voice actor in Hollywood for decades. He has been in pretty much every animated movie you can think of from Frozen, to Wreck-it Ralph, to Tangled, to Zootopia to live action films like Moneyball, I-Robot, I am Legend, and 42 just to name a tiny percentage! He also created the one man show called MATTY: An Evening with Christy Mathewson about the New York Giants baseball hall of fame pitcher who was an all-around...
Nov 23, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast "If you are not white, you are black. So, even if I am 50/50 right down the middle, I am just as equally white as I am black. Because I am not 100% white, then I am black." Josh Olson My friend, who I grew up with in Papua New Guinea, Josh Olson is a DJ and a stay at home dad and I wanted to get him on the show to talk about his perspective on the Black Lives Matter movement. He lives not 10 minutes from where the incident with George Floyd and the police occurred in Minneapolis, which...
Nov 16, 2020•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast "I always wanted to be the best...Period! I always wanted to get the job because I was the best person for the job, not the best woman for the job." Stacey Kauffman Stacey Kauffman, worked her way up in sales and broadcasting from General Sales Manager to Director of Sales, to the Senior Vice President of Entercom, one of the largest producers of audio content, radio, and news in the United States. She shares about the power of mentors to pull you through the glass ceiling, the importa...
Nov 09, 2020•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Picture an olive orchard in Turkey, throw in some chameleons, turtles, equestrian horses, a couple of imaginary friends for good measure, along with a faithful dog named Cinnamon and you have my wife, Debby's childhood... In this episode, you get to sit in on a fireside chat (without the fire) with my wife, about her childhood, the challenges and successes of 7 years of marriage, struggles with depression, along with tips on how to travel the world while raising global-minded kids... Resour...
Nov 02, 2020•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast What if we were going about change wrong? What if we were missing part of the picture? Or multiple parts of the picture? In Chip and Dan Heath's book Switch: How to Change when Change is Hard they talk about how there are actually three separate aspects to change that need to be addressed in order for the change to be successful both individually and corporately. They use the analogy of a rider of an elephant going down a path where the rider represents the logical, rational part of our bra...
Oct 26, 2020•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast What if you can't see a way out? What if everything seems hopeless? How do you put your life back together after a devastating loss? [Disclaimer: this episode does mention suicide and death as those are central parts of Bethany's story] In this episode, I talked with my good friend Bethany Jamison who, along with her husband Ross, does more to foster connection and community than pretty much anyone else I know. They helped us through the darkest time of our own lives and have both walk...
Oct 19, 2020•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast What if you could predict first-round draft picks? What if you could uncover secret agendas in organizations? What if you could transform companies through your understanding of the brain and human behavior?... Well, that's exactly what Dr. Roy Sugarman has done for decades! You will leave this episode with new frameworks for thinking and acting and incredible tools to rework your brain... Dr. Roy Sugarman website and authored books: www.roysugarman.com Saving your Life One Day at a Time: S...
Oct 12, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast There are many times as an entrepreneur where I am torn between the goals that I working toward achieving (there always seems to be another one...) and being present with my family and living in the moment. If I am trying to be present with my family, I can feel like I am not working hard enough on my goals and if I am consumed with the achievement of my goals, I am missing out on the life and happiness that is right in front of me... But, is there a way you can do both? In this episode, we look...
Oct 05, 2020•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast What OD does in the realm of human movement optimization and assessment has been accurately described as magic! His understanding and intuition about the integrated human body is truly incredible having been refined through decades of hands-on experience beginning in his childhood watching his father work and train horses, through his sports career in Australian Rules Football, to presenting on the international stage with the brightest minds in fitness and health. This episode was truly a pleas...
Sep 28, 2020•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Lisa Mitchell is an expert and sought after speaker in the world of communication and body language. I have actually been personally coached by her and can attest to the powerful tools and techniques that can transform how you walk into a room, present as a thought leader, and enter negotiations. This episode is full of practical tips that you can implement today to improve how you show up and communicate every day! I would highly recommend taking notes as it will be well worth your time. websit...
Sep 21, 2020•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast Pete has extensive experience in the business world that has spanned continents, cultures, and languages. He is the former senior global program director for Microsoft and helped in the international launch and deployment of Windows 7. He has founded and managed multiple companies in the tech world and in the non-profit sector along with being a leadership and strategic implementation consultant for numerous Fortune 500 and Global 1000 companies. He shares his insight into leadership, intercultu...
Sep 14, 2020•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast Scott Hopson has spent the last 20 years as a leader, coach, and international educator in the health and human performance arena. He has co-founded personal training certification companies (PTA), global coaching companies (Pivotal Coaching), and is on the boards of some of the most prestigious and recognized names in fitness (EXOS, Power Plate, Gray Institute). But it wasn't always like this... In fact, there was a time where he lost everything and found himself out on the street with jus...
Sep 07, 2020•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast It's difficult for me to even do Mel justice in a handful of sentences. She has incredible insight that has been gained through years of being a radio and TV personality and entrepreneur along with the heartrending personal loss of her 2 1/2-month-old daughter to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) twelve years ago. She shares her struggle of regaining meaning and purpose and the journey of coming to know herself with such vulnerability and openness that it was a privilege and honor to be a...
Aug 31, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Kimberly "Mama" Lawson is the single mother of 4 kids, two of whom are the famous comedians, Preacher Lawson, and Justin Lawson . She shares everything from her challenge of working 3 jobs while getting her Masters, to the racial prejudice and discrimination she experienced growing up, through her adventures teaching marine biology with Disney and traveling all over the world. Enjoy some laughs and a ton of wisdom! #itsmamalawson (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) Laughing with the Lawsons...
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